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Wedding in India is not less than a hectic job, you are all the time busy about planning or coordinating with vendors. This is really serious affair as you want everything to be perfect and matching up with your requirements and social status. It can also give you jittery nights, if you are not sure about the different things and you have no clue how to make all wedding arrangements. In such a situation, this becomes more important that you make a checklist of things for a perfect wedding affair. Here, we are sharing a checklist which will help in ensuring that you are going on right track and you are not missing anything for the D day.

Decide a wedding date: Before you start your wedding planning or start your marriage preparation, fix a wedding date. Fix a wedding date according to your convenience. Always keep various factors in mind like both the families should agree over the date, you will be able to find a venue and other vendor for the specific date. The best tip for fixing a wedding date, try to fix it during off season, so that you will be able to get the best deals within your budget.

Fix a budget: This is another important and decisive factor. You should always fix a budget before you start wedding planning and start booking vendors. This way you will be able to decide how much money you want to spend on what? Furthermore, divide the budget into three-four different categories like shopping, jewelry, venue booking, decoration, and gifts, etc.

Allocate responsibilities: Never assume that you can handle everything at your own and you don’t need anyone to help you in wedding arrangements. The best thing to reduce your stress and arrange everything perfectly allocate responsibilities between family members and those you think will be able to help you out in different things be it your relatives or friends.

Hire wedding planner: If you think that you are not able the handle everything at your own, then it is always better to hire a wedding planner. They can help you in almost everything related to wedding and wedding arrangements. They are the experts of the field and can provide you the best wedding arrangement solutions within your budget.

Plan your events: Before you start booking the venue for your wedding and other events, it is better to decide the total events pre wedding, wedding and post wedding. It will help you in understanding for how many days you need to book a venue or arrange other things. Are you going to conduct an engagement ceremony? Are you going to throw bachelor party? Do you need a separate venue or you will organize such events at home? Decide all such things before fixing the venue, so that you know all the events in advance and make arrangements accordingly.

Make a guest list: Make a guest list in advance before you start booking venue and other vendors. Are you going to invite 400 people or 200 people in your marriage party? Are you going to make it a grand affair by inviting 800 or more guests? Decide the number of guests because it will help in deciding the overall budget. It will also help in knowing that are you sticking to your fixed budget or you are exceeding your budget.

Book a venue: The sooner the better is just apt when it comes to booking your wedding venue. The early you start exploring a venue and book it, the better deal you will get. It will help in booking the desired venue and getting the best deal in terms of booking amount. In most of the cases, when you book venue just a month before your wedding day, you are supposed to pay the increased price and at times you settle down with some ordinary marriage venue because most of the venues are booked in advance. The best thing is you should book a marriage venue at least three to four months in advance.

Complete shopping before D day: Complete your wedding shopping at least a month or so before your wedding day. In most of the case, we have seen people rushing from one place to another even just a day before the wedding to shop something. To reduce your stress and relax, complete your shopping before the wedding day.

Book photographer: Don’t delay in booking the photographer for wedding reception and other wedding ceremonies. If you want to do a pre-wedding shoot, which is very much in trend and cover all your wedding events, it is better to book a photographer and videographer well in advance.

Select card: To send invitation to guest on time it is always suggested to select a wedding invitation card in advance. A wedding invitation card is one of most important thing. It is not easy and simple to fix a card as most of the time you get confused because of multiple options available in the market. Besides, it is important to fix a card in advance because it takes time to complete the printing part. Most of the people like to deliver the card personally, therefore, it becomes more important to get it fixed well in advance.

Wedding in India is a family affair and you can’t imagine a single wedding without the presence of family and guests. You always want to make your wedding a perfect affair. When you are planning for your wedding there are a few things, which are good to know and there are a few things that are must know to make it grand and perfect. You don’t want to miss anything or go wrong on anything when it comes to your wedding and wedding planning. Check out the list of some clever wedding tips to make your wedding a perfect affair.

Be flexible with your wedding dates: While fixing your wedding be flexible with your wedding dates. Don’t just stick to single date. If there are thousands of wedding on any particular date, like we see in wedding season, so avoid such dates to save money and other venue and vendor related issues.

Don’t be rigid about the venue: It doesn’t not matter how much you liked a specific hotel, farm house or wedding venue, explore different venues and always consider the distance, accessibility for all, space it is offering for different ceremonies.

Choose a location which offers everything: Always choose a location which offers you everything. It should be a perfect place offering you everything like rest room, space for different wedding ceremonies, dinner space and DJ space. So, think about all requirements.

Meet different vendors: Don’t finalize a vendor in a hurry. Meet different vendors, ask for their services and other things before finalizing one. Meet two-three vendors or more before finalizing one.

Compare the rate list: Price plays very crucial role in finalizing a vendor. Always compare the price with services your vendor is offering. Always negotiate price to get the best deal.

Ask for demo decoration: While finalizing your vendor always ask for a demo work. Visit the wedding venue and see the decoration work. It will further help in making the decision.

Look for a single vendor with multiple services: Hiring different vendors for different things can also create anxiety on the wedding day. Managing and contacting different vendor can create more tension on the wedding day.

Look for a wedding planner/co-ordinator: If you think that you are not able to handle the wedding arrangement pressure and you want to stay relaxed and tension free on the wedding day and want to enjoy all the ceremonies on wedding day, you should hire a wedding planner or wedding co-ordinator.

Hire a professional photographer: Don’t forget to hire a professional photographer. A good photographer is important for capturing perfect images.

Make guest list in advance: It is always good to make a good guest list in advance, so that you will not miss inviting any guest. It will ease your burden and make the process simple.